Related Sites

• Cleveland Clinic Medical Center for Performing Artists (Dr. Richard Lederman)
Email: LEDERMR@ccf.org
Phone: (216) 444-5545

• The Clinic for Performing Artists at Virginia Mason Medical Center (Dr. Michael Weinstein)

• Harkness Dance Center

• Institute of Physiology and Medicine of Art

• Medical Program for Performing Artists at RIC (Dr. Alice Brandfonbrener)

• Medisch Centrum voor Dansers en Musici (Medicine Center for Dancers and Musicians) (German)

• Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine

• Musicians' Clinics (Drs. John Chong and Marshall Chasin)

• MusicPhysio (Dr. Bronwen Ackermann)

• Performing Arts Clinic Brigham and Women's Hospital

• Performing Arts Health Center (Arlington, TX)

• Performing Arts Physical Therapy, PC

• Christ Hospital Performing Arts Medicine

• Texas Voice Center

• The Center for Voice and Swallowing Disorders (CVSD) of Wake Forest University

• The Cleveland Clinic: Performing Artists

• UNTHSC Performing Arts Medicine Clinic

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Recommendations for Music Schools

• Health Promotion in Schools of Music

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Educational Opportunities in Performing Arts Medicine

• Dancer Wellness at Case Western Reserve University

• George Mason University Center for Arts and Wellness

• Hanover Univ.: Institute for Music Physiology & Arts Medicine

• Indiana University Performing Arts Medicine Program

• Long Island University: ADAM Center

• Performing Arts Medicine at Ithaca College

• Stanford School of Medicine

• Texas Center for Music and Medicine

• University of San Francisco School of Medicine

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Partnering Performing Arts Organizations

• American Choral Directors Association

• American Guild of Organists

• American Music Therapy Association

• American String Teachers Association

• College Band Directors National Association

• International Clarinet Association

• International Double Reed Association

• International Horn Society

• International Society of Bassists

• International Trombone Association

• International Trumpet Guild

• MENC: The National Association for Music Education

• Music Teachers National Association

• National Flute Association

• National Association of Teachers of Singing

• Percussive Arts Society

• Texas Music Educators Conference

• West Australia Music Teachers' Association

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Occupational Health

• American Federation of Musicians

• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

• The Occupational Health Service Institute: Health and the Arts Program

• Washington Occupational Therapy Association (WOTA)

• World Health Organization

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Hearing

• American Academy of Audiology (AAA)

• American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

• Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO)

• Associaton of Adult Musicians with Hearing Loss

• Better Hearing Institute (BHI)

• Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC)

• Danish Society for Medical Informatics

• Deafness Research Foundation (DRF) and the World Council on Hearing Health (WCHH)

• EAR Foundation

• H.E.A.R. Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers

• House Ear Institute (HEI)

• League for the Hard of Hearing (LHH), New York

• National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA)

• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

• Noise Pollution Clearinghouse (NPC)

• Sertoma International

• Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center (VMBHRC)

• WISE EARS!: A Public Education Campaign to Prevent Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

• Hearing Review

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Mental Health

• Arts division of American Association of Psychology

• Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)

• International Institute for Psychology and the Performing Arts (IAPPA)

• Mental Health Association in Texas

• Metropolitan Center for Mental Health

• Mick Walsh Consultant Psychotherapist

• National Mental Health Association

• UCSF Department of Psychiatry

• UNT Testing and Counseling Services

• Social Phobia/Social Anxiety Association (SP/SAA)

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Musculoskeletal System

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

• American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Rheumatic Diseases

• Arthritis Foundation

• BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

• Care4Dystonia, Inc.

• Dystonia Medical Research Foundation

• Ergonomics Society ( UK )

• HandWorld Index

• Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation

• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMSD)

• Societa Italiana Di Ortopedia E Traumatolgia (Italian)

• The Indiana Hand Center

• University of California, San Diego: Muscle Physiology

• Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopedics

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Nutrition

• Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)

• American Dietetic Association

• Anorexia Nervosa and Eating Related Disorders (ANRED)

• International Food Information Council Foundation

• National Nutritional Foods Association

• Nutritional Issues

• World Health Organization N utrition for Health and Development

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Voice

• British Voice Association

• Canadian Voice Care Foundation

• Center for Voice Disorders

• National Center for Voice and Speech

• Pacific Voice and Speech Foundation

• Scleroderma Foundation

• Scleroderma Research Foundation

• Society of Singers: Health Care Aid for Singers

• Texas Voice Center

• The Voice Foundation

• The Voice and Swallowing Institute

• The Voice Workshop

• VASTA

• Voice Care Network

• VoiceProblem.org: The Voice Problem Website

• VOX CURA (Canada)

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Health and Safety Support for Performing Artists

• Arts, Craft, and Theater Safety

• Boston Musicians' Association

• La Sante et la Danse, Inc.

• Local 802 Musicians?Union: Associated Musicians of Greater New York

• Medicina per gli Artisti (Italian)

• Music and the Deaf

• Music Wellness, Inc.

• Music Cares (Grammy)

• The Apogee Foundation

• The Frequency Band Endeavour

• Safe Gigging: Health and Safety for Musicians

• Safety and Health in Arts Production and Entertainment (SHAPE)

• Stage Left Productions

• VSAarts of Hawai'i-Pacific

• VSAarts of Massachusetts

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Related Literature

• Artists and Mental Health

• BioMed Central (Open access journals)

• Eating Disorders (AED, Dancers)

• Interview: Dr. John Hipple

• JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)

• Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions (open access)

• Janet Horvath - Playing Less Hurt Book for Musicians

• Maintaining Vocal Health

• Marshall Chasin's Powerpoint Lectures (Musicians and Hearing)

• Medical Problems of Performing Artists (MPPA) Journal

• Music Acoustics

• Musicians and Injuries

• Musicians' Medical Maladies

• NATS Publications (National Association of Teachers of Singing)

• Nutrition Fact Sheet

• Preventing Musculoskeletal Injury (MSI) for Musicians and Dancers

• Texas Commission on the Arts: Health Hazards

• The Musician's Guide to Health and Wellness

• Trumpetworks Press

• The Motions Of Wind Instrument Performance

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Somatic-based Educational Resources

• Alexander Technique, the Complete Guide

• Alexander Technique Center

• Alexander Technique Centre, Ireland

• Alexander Technique International

• American Society for the Alexander Technique

• Andover Educators

• Associazione Italiana Insegnanti Metodo Feldenkrais (Italian Association Teaching Feldenkrais Method)

• Feldenkrais - Verband Österreich (Feldenkrais - Federation Austria)

• Feldenkrais Educational Foundation of North America

• Feldenkrais Resources

• Nederlandse Feldenkrais Vereniging (Netherlands Feldenkrais Association)

• Polestar Pilates Education

• Professional Association of Alexander Teachers (PAAT)

• School for F.M. Alexander Studies, Australia

• The Alexander Technique Dance Website

• The Feldenkrais Guild - UK

• The New York Pilates Studio

• Optimal Moves: the Feldenkrais Method

• Somatic Options (Feldenkrais)

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